Author: Admin

Background Briefing: September 14, 2025

Trump and His Co-President Stephen Miller Declare War on the Democratic Party Which Miller Calls “A Domestic Terrorism Organization”

We begin with Trump and his co-president Stephen Miller declaring war on the American left which includes half the country who voted for the Democratic Party which Miller calls “a domestic terrorism organization.” He is vowing that he and Trump will “dismantle and take on the radical left networks in this country, and we will do it. We will use the power of law enforcement under Donald Trump to find you, to take away your money, and take away your freedom.” Joining us to discuss other examples of authoritarian takeovers of democracies like Hungary which is the model Republicans and Project 2025 admires and follows is Kim Lane Scheppele, a Professor of Sociology and International Affairs and the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. She lived in Budapest, doing research at the Constitutional Court of Hungary and teaching at both the University of Budapest and at Central European University, where she was a founding director of the Program in Gender and Culture. And studied the emergence of constitutional law in Hungary and Russia, living in both places for extended periods. She is the author of 9/11: The Rise of Global Anti-Terrorism Law.

 

Charlie Kirk’s Christian Nationalism is Embraced by the Shadow Rulers J.D. Vance, Mike Johnson and Russ Vought

Then we look further into how Trump and Miller are using the assassination of Charlie Kirk as an excuse to crush the political opposition in this country to lock in far right wing rule which Kirk espoused and the shadow rule which JD Vance, Mike Johnson and Russ Vought embrace in terms of Christian nationalism and moral authoritarianism. Joining us is Jared Holt, a researcher at Open Measures covering hate and extremist movements in the United States and their relationships to the internet. He specializes in Alt-Right and so-called “New Right” media, in addition to the larger culture and influence of right-wing social media. He is the co-host and producer of the Posting Through It podcast.

 

Reality Winner Got 5 Years in Prison While Trump Got a Free Pass From a Judge he Owns For Far, Far Worse Breaches of the Espionage Act of 1917

Then finally we speak with Reality Winner, a brilliant linguist, devout patriot, voracious reader, and fitness and yoga enthusiast, She was a US Air Force veteran working at the NSA when she leaked a classified document containing revelations about the 2016 US presidential election. Today she is a CrossFit coach living in South Texas and studying to become a licensed veterinary technologist. Her new book, just out, is I Am Not Your Enemy: A Memoir and we will discuss the double standard of her being thrown into prison for 5 years while Trump is given a free pass by a judge he owns for a far, far worse breach of the Espionage Act of 1917.